Number and Percent of Public Schools in North Carolina
Receiving Awards and Recognition, 1997-2001
Category
Schools of Excellence
Schools of Distinction
Schools Making Exemplary
Growth
Schools Making Expected
Growth
Schools Receiving No
Recognition4
Low-Performing Schools
Made Expected or Exemplary
Growth
Total ABCs Schools5
1996-971
K-8
#
%
12
0.7
158
9.7
1997-982
K-8
HS
#
24
289
%
1.4
16.8
#
0
1
%
0.0
0.2
1998-993
K8/HS
#
%
50
2.5
408 20.6
1999-003
K8/HS
#
%
73
3.5
509 24.1
2000-013
K8/HS
#
%
171
7.9
640 29.7
531
32.5
1137
66.0
265
63.2
1156
58.2
956
45.2
520
24.1
395
24.2
308
17.9
83
19.8
456
23.0
520
24.6
769
35.6
583
123
35.7
7.5
261
15
15.2
0.9
50
15
11.9
3.6
358
13
18.0
0.7
595
44
28.1
2.1
836
31
38.8
1.4
926 56.7
16321
1445
83.9
17221
348
83.1
4191
1612 81.2
19851
1476 69.8
21151
1289 59.7
21581
Note: The 2000-01 ABCs results in this chart are prior to State Board of Education review.
11996-97 was the first year of implementation of the ABCs; only K-8 schools were included in the model for this year.
21997-98 was the first year of implementation of the ABCs in high schools. (Schools whose grades spanned K-12 were
included in statistical summaries for both K-8 and high schools, so there is duplication in these counts.)
3The comprehensive ABCs model has been applied since 1998-99; there is no duplication in these counts.
4This category was No Recognition in 1996-97, Adequate Performance in 1997-98, and No Recognition in 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-2001.
5Total ABCs Schools is the total number of schools participating in the ABCs for a given year; this total does not reflect the sum of
the column; Schools of Excellence and Schools of Distinction are not exclusive categories and may include schools that appear in other categories.
Caution: Comparisons across years should be made with the above footnotes in mind.